Nashville Dominates MLS as LAFC Faces an Identity Crisis

The very best team in MLS, and we have to talk about Nashville before anything else, Camila, because their season was legendary. One of the best seasons that I've seen in MLS, and the team looks unstoppable. Yeah, absolutely. I think, you know, coming off winning the Supporters' Shield, this is going to be a massive confidence boost. I'm really excited to see, you know... Let me make the point. Look at the stats. I mean, 17 points, 17 points of difference with Miami. The team that has the Golden Boot winner on Messi and he has great players and it's still 17 points of the differences. It's crazy. And points plus 46 differential. This is a machine. Absolutely. I think the points speak for themselves. Also, when we saw, you know, some classic games against Nashville and Inter Miami, things got heated. And Nashville, I think they showed a lot of composure throughout the end. And the thing that Nashville has that Inter Miami doesn't have, we've been talking about it the entire season. They have, you know, an evenness across the board, across the field. As our inner Miami, very strong up top, but defense lacking. Nashville, as we can see, obviously the defense is holding it down. They have strength across the board. And I think that's why they're, you know, leaps and bounds ahead of everybody else. I do want to take a moment to see the Supporters' Shield standings, where you can see who are the best teams in MLS right now. Nashville at the top, Vancouver Whitecaps that we have to say, the best team in the West. They have been superior to LAFC for a number of seasons now. I remember early when they started winning against us, I was like, ah, this team is dangerous. And little by little, they got the LAFC number. For me, very well deserved. The West representative Inter Miami New England Revolution FC Dallas, Chicago Fire, Charlotte, St. Louis, winners of the Open Cup, and San Jose Earthquakes. I'm topping the, you know, rounding the top 10 Houston Dynamo FC. Cami. Where is our black and gold in 13th place? The fact that we have to scroll this far. Look, look, I'm doom scrolling to the end where we see Montreal, Kansas City, DC United, and Atlanta United. These two teams, Camila, they invested over $25 million just this season in players to get this team going. Nada de nada. Absolutely. But, you know, something we're talking about on the Latin Nation sports team, players don't mean all right. You need that cohesiveness. This is, you know, such an old tale. It doesn't matter if you're on the top players, if you don't have this cohesiveness, if you don't have the chemistry, if you don't have the drive, it's just not going to happen for you. Let's look at the upcoming games and see maybe some quick predictions of who's going to come out on top. Well, we have to see the playing matches that are going to be. Let's pull those up because I feel like those are the most important. Orlando versus Cincinnati and Seattle Sounders versus Salt Lake. Those are the teams that are looking for one last spot into their conferences. to see who makes it and then we have some of them already decided. New England versus Philadelphia, Dallas versus Portland, Inter de Miami versus Columbus, Chicago versus Charlotte and San Luis versus LAFC at a deficit. Trying to get some points before getting eliminated Cami. It's going to be sad to go out in the first round but I think that's going to be the case. Do you think that's going to be the case? What's going What's going on with LAFC? Your analysis of what's going on. Cami. Okay, here we go. LAFC is in a complete changeover. This is a team that is no longer new. We are closing into 10 years of existence, and I feel like the balance of number of trophies with expectations and the hype are not really quite matching. I feel like at this point, we should have multiple MLS Cups that we don't have, have been wishy-washy on our playoff participations, and we have been unable to... Get the best out of many superstars. We have Giroud that couldn't perform at the highest level. We see Sonny not performing at the highest level. And we see... That they let go of players that really understand the mystic of the team. One of those players, Ili Sanchez. I think that that departure was a sign of the times to come. And now we just have like a revolving door of very young, unproven talent from different parts of the world that lack connection with the identity of the supporters. And so I feel like the product in the field is not matching the product in the stands, which was kind of like the prophecy that everyone in Los Angeles was calling for. Little by little, we're fading out of the top of the tournament, but we're not as bad as Galaxy. So that makes me happy. So that's okay. And that's okay because at least Galaxy, they couldn't even make it to the play if they got eliminated in the very last decision day, match day. But well, that is the reality. LAFC is in a disappointing moment for the team. And I feel like as a fan, it is tough because I've seen many day one fans Kind of cooling off in their passion for the team. Not giving up on the team, but also feeling a little bit neglected, not represented, not catered for, if you will. I think the team deserves to give the people more. And when I say more, I feel like it's a better, more exciting idea of football. A proposal that teams see and they're like, ah, LAFC. You remember back in the day, you will see LAFC. I remember back in the day. And they will have a very clear, defined DNA when they play.